How LinkedIn Signal helps find jobs and stories
LinkedIn helps people get jobs, no doubt. I used it extensively to find journalists when I did some recruiting outside of my area for Patch in 2010, and friends in other fields have been contacted by...
View ArticleNewspaper Guild wants to know how freelancers are faring
Romenesko Misc. Lauri Lebo of The Newspaper Guild writes me: “The Guild is conducting a survey to get a feel of how freelancers are faring today. Does it suck? Not so bad? Doing terrific, thank you...
View Article‘A cautionary tale for anyone considering freelancing for The Daily’
Romenesko Letters Barbara Correa says she got an assignment from The Daily about the business implications of Oprah’s final program and was offered 75 cents a word. She wrote the story, turned it in...
View ArticleMayor uses alias to write freelance stories quoting himself
The Salt Lake Tribune | The Associated Press A Utah mayor assumed a fake name, Richard Burwash, to write news stories quoting himself in the Deseret News, KSL-TV’s website and a community weekly, The...
View ArticleDirect publishing of e-books offers hope for long-form journalists
O’Reilly Radar | GigaOM Atlantic freelancer Marc Herman says his $1.99 Kindle Single, “The Shores of Tripoli,” is selling well enough to cover the costs of his reporting trip to Libya and may bring in...
View Article5 tips for finding mentors in journalism, even if you don’t work in a newsroom
In 2009, I left journalism school full of vim, vigor, and visions of a working in a newsroom. I imagined myself reporting under a crack team of editors, who would push me to greater heights of...
View ArticleAtlantic is ‘sorry’ to have offended freelancer with request for free content
Nate Thayer | James Bennet Editor-in-Chief James Bennet would like you to know this recent dustup — over asking a freelancer to provide free Web content — isn’t how The Atlantic normally operates....
View ArticleAtlantic case raises question: When does it make sense to write for free?
This week’s controversy over the Atlantic asking a freelancer for an unpaid contribution has reignited a debate among journalists — when, if ever, does it make sense to write for free? Jason C. Fry...
View ArticleReporters say they’re ‘now being required to do entirely too much work for free’
The Atlantic | Esquire | Emily Hauser | Forbes | Salon The recent dustup between Nate Thayer and The Atlantic concerning payment (or lack thereof) for freelance writers has highlighted a fact obvious...
View ArticlePatrick Stevens is the hardest-working college basketball writer no one will...
The Washington Post | USA Today | D1scourse.com Patrick Stevens got all 68 teams in the NCAA tournament correct while working part-time for USA Today and is the reporter University of Maryland Coach...
View ArticleTumblr page shows how much news orgs pay photographers
PetaPixel | Who Pays Photographers? “Who Pays Photographers?” is a Tumblr that takes anonymous submissions about who pays how much to photojournalists. On Wednesday, Gannon Burgett wrote about the page...
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One reporter’s journey to Cuba and how to get the story
Flag and fins – Harrison reporting from Cuba. (Photo by Carlos Harrison)The announcement came as a total surprise. The United States and Cuba would normalize diplomatic relations, ending their...
View Article‘A cautionary tale for anyone considering freelancing for The Daily’
A writer's frustration.
View ArticleMayor uses alias to write freelance stories quoting himself
Mike Winder posed as "Richard Burwash," trying to get more positive coverage of his city.
View ArticleDirect publishing of e-books offers hope for long-form journalists
"The beginnings of a viable business model."
View Article5 tips for finding mentors in journalism, even if you don’t work in a newsroom
Find out what you have to offer, and then offer it.
View ArticleAtlantic is ‘sorry’ to have offended freelancer with request for free content
Nate Thayer | James Bennet Editor-in-Chief James Bennet would like you to know this recent dustup -- over asking a freelancer to provide free Web content -- isn't how The Atlantic normally operates....
View ArticleAtlantic case raises question: When does it make sense to write for free?
"Be ruthless in asking yourself if the trade-off’s really worth it."
View ArticleReporters say they’re ‘now being required to do entirely too much work for free’
The Atlantic | Esquire | Emily Hauser | Forbes | Salon The recent dustup between Nate Thayer and The Atlantic concerning payment (or lack thereof) for freelance writers has highlighted a fact obvious...
View ArticlePatrick Stevens is the hardest-working college basketball writer no one will...
The Washington Post | USA Today | D1scourse.com Patrick Stevens got all 68 teams in the NCAA tournament correct while working part-time for USA Today and is the reporter University of Maryland Coach...
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